Repair-handle



C. GRANT.

REPAIR HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED Aus. Ia, I9I9,

1,376,529. Patented May 3, 1921.4.

UNITED STATES COLIN GRANT, 0F JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

REFAIR-HANDLE.

vSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Application filed August 18, 1919. Serial No. 318,376.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, COLIN GRANT, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRepair-Handles, of which the following is a specication, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

The handles of bags, cases and other pieces of luggage often break orrip to such an extent that the piece of luggage requires a new handleand very often the repair can not be made, without injury to the pieceof luggage, without considerable labor, or at a nominal cost, and theinstance has been known where a piece of luggage .has been discarded forthe want of a proper handle.

The primary object of my invention is-to provide a repair' handle thatmay be easily and quickly substituted for an ordinary luggage handle,the repair handle being attached to a piece of luggage in a manner thatpermits of its easy removal, should occasion require, and when in placethe repair handle may be as safely used as the original luggage handle.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable andinexpensive repair handle that may be attached to different kinds ofluggage, some having the usual sewed and permanent tab and others havingthe usual strap or links. In either instance the attachment of therepair lhandle may be expeditiously accomplished without marring or inany manner whatsoever injuring the piece of luggage.

The above are a few of the objects attained by a mechanical constructionthat will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, andreference will now be had to the drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a repairhandle as connected to a luggage tab;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of the handle as connected to aluggage link;

Fig. 4 is aplan of the same;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end of the handle;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the detached tab;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of aportion of a brief case having a handlein accordance with this invention, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a hand bag, provided with a strap handlein accordance with my invention.

In the drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes the wall of a piece ofluggage and this wall may be the lid, closure flap, top or end wall, ora meeting frame of a piece of luggage. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thewall has a strap 2 riveted or otherwise connected thereto, and extendingunder the strap 2 is a tab 3 having a head 4 stitched or otherwiseconnected, as at 5 to the wall 1, and ordinarily this tab is theterminal of a handle and integral therewith, but in my construction thetab is comparatively short and has its inner end beveled, as at 6 andprovided with a staple or keeper 7.

The repair handle is preferably made of two plies 8 and 9 and leather orany suitable material may be used. The plies 8 and 9 may be suitablyconnected together and the ply 8 is of a less length than the ply 9, sothat the ply 8 may terminate in a lip 10 and the ply 9 in terminal 11.The terminal 11 is adapted to extend through the strap 2 under the tab3, as clearly shown in Fig. l, with the beveled end 6 of the tabextending under the lip 10 of the handle. The terminal 11 has its lowerface provided with a staple or keeper 12, the purpose of which willhereinafter appear.

Suitably connected to the ply 9 of the handle, at the lip 10 andprotruding from under said lip, is a catch member 13 adapted to snapinto engagement with the staple or keeper 7 and to prevent this catchfrom becoming accidentally disengaged from the staple or keeper 7, asleeve 14 is shifted over the tab at the connection between the tab andthe handle. The sleeve 14, as best shown in Fig. 5, has iared ends and acentral enlarged portion so as to permit of said sleeve being easilyshifted and when this sleeve is made of metal it can be forced over thecatch member 13 so that the catch member will occupy the centralenlarged portion of the sleeve and thus prevent 4the sleeve fromaccidentally shifting longitudinally of the handle. In other words, therestricted portions of the sleeve afford a snap-like action of thesleeve over the catch member, but being made of metal the sleeve mayyield sufficiently to permit of it being manually shifted to a retractedposition that permits of the handle being removed.

As shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 8, the handle terminal 11 may be doubledback on itself, after passing through a link 15, eye, strap or othersuspension member, the terminal being beveled and presenting the samekind of end as the tab 3, so that it may be inserted under the left handof the handle and held by the sleeve 14. This constructive arrangementof parts permits of the repair handle being used in connection with ahand bag, as shown in' Fig. 8, or any piece of luggage having asuspension member that may receive the terminal 11 of the handle.Furthermore, it is possible to provide the repair handle with tabs 16which may be placed under the straps 2 of a piece of luggage prior tobeing connected to the handle. This is best brought out in Fig. 7 wherethe heads of the tabs 16, hold the handle relative to the straps 2 ofthe brief case. In one instance the handle has detachable tabs, and inthe other instance the terminals of the handle serve as tabs, and withsuch handles it is possible to repair any piece of luggage requiring anew handle.

It is thought that the utility of my invention will be apparent withoutfurther description, and while in the drawing there are illustrated thepreferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that thestructural elements are susceptible to such variations and modificationsas fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A handle having a terminal adapted for engagementwith a piece of luggage, a catch member to effect such handleengagement, and means slidable on said handle and having a snap actionover said catch member and adapted to hold said catch member againstaccidental release.

2. A handle as characterized in claim 1, wherein said means is in theform of a sleeve provided with restricted portions to prevent accidentaldisplacement of said sleeve relative to said catch member'.`

3. The combination with a piece of luggage having a suspension member,of a handle having a portion thereof extending under the suspensionmember, handle attaching means protruding from said handle, and meansmovable on said handle adjacent the suspension member and having a snapaction over the protruding handle attaching means adapted to retain saidhandle in engagement with said suspension member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of a witness.

COLIN GRANT. Witness: f

KARL H. BU'rnER.

